Negro Sinful Songs (studio album) by Lead Belly

Negro Sinful Songs by Lead Belly
Year: 1939
Overall rank: 7,263rd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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75/100 (from 46 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Best album of 1939 (1st)
Award Best album of the 1930s (1st)
Award Best albums of all time (7,263rd)
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Lead Belly bestography

Negro Sinful Songs is ranked 2nd best out of 47 albums by Lead Belly on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Lead Belly is The Midnight Special (And Other Southern Prison Songs) which is ranked number 4644 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 300.

Lead Belly album bestography « Higher ranked (4,644th) This album (7,263rd) Lower ranked (9,354th) »
The Midnight Special (And Other Southern Prison Songs)Negro Sinful SongsSongs By Lead Belly: Accompanied By Sonny Terry

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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 73.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.

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From 05/07/2025 18:05
Músicas que se originam da pura expressão, que não privilegiavam fórmulas para vender mais. Criativas em seu maior grau, essas canções ecoam até hoje através da cópia reiterada e das apropriações que, conjuntamente a e por causa da dominação econômica, a dominância cultural americana fez que permeassem por todas as culturas no século XX, criando novas obras através da transformação e amalgamento. Essas músicas, americanas no seu núcleo, hoje fazem parte da história de vida de boa parte da população mundial através da transferência cultural presente nas suas vivências desde o nascimento, tornando cada um atingido por essa torrente cultural um pouco americano.
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From 06/09/2020 14:45
Incredible work. I'm so happy the technology existed at the time to allow this to be made.
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Poor Howard / Green Corn
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From 10/21/2018 00:29
A raw and distressing collection of work songs from Huddie William Ledbetter, known as Lead Belly. The importance of this record should not be understated.
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From 02/20/2018 16:40
Influential blues with an authentic feel for the era.
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From 01/29/2018 18:11
Woah. Completely blew me away, especially that last track.
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From 10/05/2015 14:55
can't find this album
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Best Albums of 1939
1. Negro Sinful Songs by Lead Belly
2. The Blues By Meade 'Lux' Lewis by Meade "Lux" Lewis
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